Christine Thorsen

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Discovery Chat 186: Prelude III The Discovery Orchestra is thrilled to share our third installment in our Discovery Chat series exploring George Gershwin’s Three Preludes for Piano—Prelude III. Hosted by…

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This image as music sheets in the background, the title is Maestro's Monthly Blog with a picture of J.S. Bach. The title of the blog is "Bach's Birthday! Encore Blog Post" and the tag line reads "From Bach to Gould: Music That Transcends Time".

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Bach’s Birthday! Encore Blog Post It’s been a month since J.S. Bach’s birthday on March 21st. Think about this: what if you could write a musical composition that would still powerfully…

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Discovery Chat 185: Prelude II

The Discovery Orchestra is excited to share the next installment in our new Discovery Chat series—Prelude II from George Gershwin’s Three Preludes for Piano. Hosted by Artistic Director George Marriner…

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This image is for Maestro Maull's 200th blog published in 2026 called "Whoa! What is Maullaria? An Encore". The orginal blog was Maestro's 2nd blog published in 2011. Maestro Maull is sitting at a piano and NJYS Board President Stewart Holmes (in 2011) is standing next to the piano holding a black t-shirt that says in white letters "I HAVE MAULLARIA"

WHOA! What is Maullaria? An Encore

Fifteen years ago, The Discovery Orchestra published my first blog post—The Opening Chord. And we’ve republished it since then. Here now is my second—What is Maullaria?—re-edited. The term Maullaria was…

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 184 – Gershwin’s “Prelude I” with Maestro Maull

This is the first of an exciting collection of Discovery Chat videos exploring the brilliance of George Gershwin’s Three Preludes for Piano—beginning with Prelude I. Hosted by Artistic Director George…

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our radio show Inside Music on wwfm.org. The title of this episode is “Let Me See What Spring Is Like on Jupiter and Mars”. featuring The Planets by Gustav Holst. The image is a dark sky like outer space with tiny stars and images of both Jupiter and Mars.

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Let Me See What Spring is Like on Jupiter and Mars In this episode of Inside Music, Maestro Maull will explore Jupiter—not with NASA satellite photos—but rather through the musical lens of British composer Gustav…

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